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WASHINGTON, February 3 -. RIA Novosti, Grigory Dubovitsky The research results obtained by the record visit of American astronaut Scott Kelly aboard the ISS will help US to successfully implement the project of expedition to Mars, said President Barack Obama.
Head of state spoke on the phone with Kelly, who on Wednesday returned to Earth after more than a year in orbit.
“He (Obama – Ed.) noted that the year spent Kelly in space, will give researchers an extremely important data for understanding how to preserve the health of astronauts during a long journey and fulfill the president’s plan to land an American astronaut on Mars in 2030 – years “, – said in a statement the White house
The President also expressed confidence that thanks to Kelly and the entire US space industry is a journey to be successful
Scott Kelly set a record of staying on.. ISS astronauts among the United States October 16, 2015, when he made his 382 th day in space. Twin brothers Kelly are participants of the experiment on the effect of long-term stays in space on the human body. On the ground, NASA experts are monitoring the Mark Kelly, to the example of the analysis of genetically identical organisms brothers to study the effect of the space environment on the human body.
On board the ISS remained to work in anticipation of the arrival of change on Earth Timothy Kopra (USA, NASA ), Timothy Peak (United Kingdom, ESA) and Yuri Malenchenko (Russia, Roscosmos). The next expedition to the ISS will start on 19 March. In its structure will go into orbit Russian cosmonauts Alexei Ovchinin and Oleg Skripochka and US astronaut Jeffrey Williams, who will become the commander of the 47th crew.
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